Neuroscience Institute
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Tackling the biggest challenges in neuroscience by bringing together #SITraN and researchers across medicine, science and engineering.
University of Sheffield
Joined September 2013
From disappointment to discovery: Professor Mimoun Azzouz shares how @sheffielduni's Gene Therapy Innovation and Manufacturing Centre overcame manufacturing hurdles to advance Spinal Muscular Atrophy research. Learn more: https://t.co/X9SDYXxBS3
sheffield.ac.uk
Professor Mimoun Azzouz discusses career challenges before opening the Gene Therapy Innovation and Manufacturing Centre (GTIMC) at the University of Sheffield.
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Join our team: Fully-funded PhD: Mobility & Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Parkinson's. We seek a motivated PhD student to explore this crucial link. Start Date: Oct 2025 Apply by: 29.01.2025 Learn more and apply now: https://t.co/BhDhM1XD46
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PhD Project - Multi-modal assessment of Parkinson’s Disease to investigate the relationship between mobility and mitochondrial dysfunction (S3.5-SMP-Buckley) at University of Sheffield, listed on...
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Join our team in a fully-funded project investigating Tremor in Parkinson's subtypes. We seek a motivated PhD student to explore diverse tremor presentations. Start Date: Oct 2025 Apply by: 29.01.2025 Learn more and apply now: https://t.co/e8NLW604WQ
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PhD Project - Tremor in Parkinson’s disease subtypes: objective measures and classification (S3.5-MAC-Bonci) at University of Sheffield, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Why is an approved Alzheimer’s drug not available on the NHS? @rahulsidhu_ from @neuroshef explains why 👇 https://t.co/G8VkqphhHn
theconversation.com
Donanemab will only be available via private healthcare.
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We're celebrating one of our Parkinson's papers reaching 7,500 views. 💫 This paper examines a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of Ursodeoxycholic Acid (UDCA) in Parkinson's Disease. Read the full paper here: https://t.co/L5aJqLH040
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As part of #WorldAlzMonth, we're shining a light on the Mortiboys Lab, a lab dedicated to understanding the mitochondria in neurodegenerative diseases. Discover some of the research carried out by Heather Mortiboys and her team.
sheffield.ac.uk
As part of World Alzheimer’s Month, we’re shining a light on the Mortiboys Lab, a lab dedicated to understanding the mitochondria in neurodegenerative diseases.
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Congratulations to our Co-Director Professor Oliver Bandmann who has been awarded the 2024 Tom Isaacs Award in recognition of his outstanding Parkinson’s research. https://t.co/oeYsL6cbjC
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sheffield.ac.uk
Professor Oliver Bandmann, Co-Director of the Neuroscience Institute has been awarded the 2024 Tom Isaacs Award in recognition of his outstanding Parkinson’s research.
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Our dementia research is internationally recognised and brings together clinicians, scientists and researchers from multiple disciplines. As part of #WorldAlzMonth, we’re shining a spotlight on some of our ongoing studies. Read more below: https://t.co/YTe0cLMwiU
sheffield.ac.uk
Our dementia research is internationally recognised and brings together clinicians, scientists and researchers from multiple disciplines. As part of World Alzheimer’s Month, we’re shining a spotlight...
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Research undertaken by our members @NeuroSimon and @HeatherMortiboy has identified a specific enzyme that impacts glucose metabolism and cell function in Alzheimer’s disease. Read more about the study: https://t.co/Z3cBhTQRT9
sheffield.ac.uk
Research from the Neuroscience Institute identifies the impact of a reduction in astrocytes in the hexokinase 1 (HK1) enzyme in Alzheimer’s disease, paving a new pathway for potential treatments.
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We are at the Festival of the Mind with 'Mind Matters: Navigating the Wonders of Sensory and Developmental Neuroscience'! Millennium Gallery; Tues–Sat: 10am–5pm Sun: 11am–4pm @FestivalMind
https://t.co/KnP7JpsPdr
festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk
Whenever we touch, hear or see something, our brain processes these stimuli. It also processes inputs from within the body. These processes allow us to interpret the world around us, control our own...
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New PhD position available within our Hearing Group. Details below. 👇🏾
📣 Our new fully funded PhD position is now open! This project aims to understand how feedback to the cochlear from the brainstem changes following noise exposure, working with Dr Adam Carlton and Prof Walter Marcotti. Please share and apply if interested! https://t.co/rn6th7dgyo
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Join us at our next Bright Minds webinar and hear from @CognoSpeak: a multidisciplinary project developing a new AI tool that could help doctors spot the early signs of dementia. 📅 25.09.2024 ⏲️ 12:00pm to 1:00pm Book your place: https://t.co/QVQl7LUaWg
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Today’s image was provided by Martina Morchio, one of our final year PhD students from the School of Clinical Dentistry. The picture displays a human lingual neuroma, where axons are marked in green, perineurial cells in red and Schwann cells in blue. #ImageOfTheWeek
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A team from the Neuroscience Institute led by Professor Fiona Boissonade will present an interactive exhibition about abnormal sensory processing next week. Visit us in the Millennium Gallery! #FOTM2024
https://t.co/KnP7JpsPdr
festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk
Whenever we touch, hear or see something, our brain processes these stimuli. It also processes inputs from within the body. These processes allow us to interpret the world around us, control our own...
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Yesterday, some of our members presented their research findings to the general public at the Dementia Futures conference. Read more about presentations from our PhD students, postdoctoral researchers and senior researchers. #WorldAlzMonth
https://t.co/etm62I4ALJ
sheffield.ac.uk
Dementia Futures is a public-facing conference funded by Alzheimer’s Research UK. Members of the Neuroscience and Healthy Lifespan Institutes presented their research to the public for discussion.
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✏️Today’s paper spotlight comes from the Tatyana Shelkovnikova group @TS_Lab_ . The study looks at the regulatory role of TDP-43 in paraspeckle assembly. A preprint is available via this link: https://t.co/Dn6XTad1SM.
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I’m Freya Bunting, doing a PhD in Clinical Dentistry on central & peripheral mechanisms of post-stroke pain. I use in vitro analysis/in vivo electrophysiology. Pain is often underdiagnosed and undertreated as the side effects of available medications are undesirable #ECROfTheWeek
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This week's #ImageOfTheWeek comes from the Sheffield Neurovascular Lab saying farewell to Beth Eyre, who was leaving to move to America. 😢 Best of luck, Beth! 🤞🏽
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Our researches will be part of @FestivalMind - come join them! Mind Matters: Navigating the Wonders of Sensory and Developmental Neuroscience, 24-29 Sep, Millennium Gallery Music and me: a music café offering new ways to experience music, 22 September, 11-12.30pm, Spiegeltent
📢The wait is over - we’re back! With over 40 FREE events, #FOTM2024 will see @sheffielduni researchers work with local creatives to bring our pioneering research to life through immersive exhibitions, films, performances & more. 🗓️Sept 19 - 29 Explore👉 https://t.co/ua2iC90i4r
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Take a look at our members approach to dementia research below: #WorldAlzMonth
World Alzheimer’s Month in September aims to raise awareness of dementia and address the stigma that exists around the condition. For #WorldAlzMonth, we are shining a spotlight on some of @neuroshef's multidisciplinary dementia research. https://t.co/UVHTaAiPEv
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